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    Homework Blues Background
    Anti Mag
    • Apr 5, 2019
    • 4 min

    Homework Blues Background

    This blog gives a bit of background about the problems we were having with homework.
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    Homework Blues
    Anti Mag
    • Apr 5, 2019
    • 2 min

    Homework Blues

    Or: Getting Our Daughter to do Her Homework Without Her Parents Having a Nervous Breakdown “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGG...
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    MORE Inspiration
    Deep Thinker
    • Apr 3, 2019
    • 4 min

    MORE Inspiration

    This Forget-Me-Not was originally devised for use in the Wonder stage of QWERTY®. It can be used in other areas, too, but primarily as a...
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    Damp Squibs
    Deep Thinker
    • Mar 27, 2019
    • 3 min

    Damp Squibs

    Flame, Fuse, Fire! can be a very useful technique for prospective memory. It helps you to remember to do things in the future. We have u...
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    Explode into Action
    Deep Thinker
    • Mar 27, 2019
    • 8 min

    Explode into Action

    We've already given you an overview of Flame, Fuse, Fire!, what the three parts to the technique are, and things to bear in mind when dev...
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    Flame, Fuse, Fire!
    Deep Thinker
    • Mar 27, 2019
    • 6 min

    Flame, Fuse, Fire!

    Flame, Fuse Fire! is a memory prompt technique to help you and your child remember to do things in the future. The technical term for thi...
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    A Waiting Game
    Deep Thinker
    • Mar 26, 2019
    • 2 min

    A Waiting Game

    The waiting element would seem to be the most reactive of the Observation types, where the Learner just sits back until the time is right...
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    The Search is On!
    Deep Thinker
    • Mar 25, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Search is On!

    Of the three categories within Observation, this would seem to be the most obvious. It's simply a matter of finding something, surely? N...
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    Aware and Beware
    Deep Thinker
    • Mar 25, 2019
    • 3 min

    Aware and Beware

    Got-A-Head®? wants to create a reflective child, one who thinks widely and deeply about everything they come across. We want our Learner...
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    See SAW
    Deep Thinker
    • Mar 25, 2019
    • 2 min

    See SAW

    "We cannot create observers by saying 'observe', but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are proc...
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    Cue for QWERTY®
    Deep Thinker
    • Mar 22, 2019
    • 2 min

    Cue for QWERTY®

    QWERTY® is the ultimate thinking tool that is at the very heart of what we do at Got-A-Head®? It's a creative planning technique that ca...
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    Time for QWERTY®
    Deep Thinker
    • Mar 20, 2019
    • 5 min

    Time for QWERTY®

    So by this time, you've probably had a look at QWERTY®. You know what it stands for and you'll no doubt have browsed our blogs on the va...
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    Y is for YaY!
    Deep Thinker
    • Mar 20, 2019
    • 4 min

    Y is for YaY!

    You’ve been thinking! Well done! So how did it go? Were you happy with the result? Have you heard the final whistle? Hmmm, maybe not. Le...
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    T is for Target
    Deep Thinker
    • Mar 20, 2019
    • 2 min

    T is for Target

    You would think this would be the easiest stage of QWERTY®. You defined your question, wondered about how to find a solution, explored ...
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    R is for Rank
    Deep Thinker
    • Mar 19, 2019
    • 3 min

    R is for Rank

    So, by this time you have defined your Question and done some blue sky thinking in Wonder. You have come up with some viable solutions in...
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    E is for Explore
    Deep Thinker
    • Mar 19, 2019
    • 4 min

    E is for Explore

    Now that you have done the Wonder stage, you have all sorts of ideas and information at your fingertips. Some of those ideas could be wac...
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    W is for Wonder
    Deep Thinker
    • Mar 19, 2019
    • 4 min

    W is for Wonder

    Wonder is the really fun stage of QWERTY® where you get to consider all the things that could provide a solution to your question. At th...
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    Q is for QUESTION
    Deep Thinker
    • Mar 15, 2019
    • 3 min

    Q is for QUESTION

    STOP! THINK! Whatever task you have in hand, chances are that applying QWERTY® could be of real benefit. It can make the job easier, fas...
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    QWERTY®- A Staged Thinking Plan
    Deep Thinker
    • Mar 15, 2019
    • 3 min

    QWERTY®- A Staged Thinking Plan

    QWERTY® is at the very heart of what we do at Got-A-Head®? Before every action, we want the Learner to Stop! Think! Thought before action...
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    Memory Scaffolding
    Anti Mag
    • Mar 14, 2019
    • 5 min

    Memory Scaffolding

    Much of what we teach about memory at Got-A-Head®? might be called ‘memory scaffolding’. We call it that because it works as a support f...
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